A peek into Delhi’s sights and sounds

Delhi is raring to get ready for some high-dose of love tales. Dear Delhi, a collection of 12 short love stories, is planning a glimpse into Delhi, with its characteristic sights, sounds and places.
The Yellow Brick Project’s production claims there’s something for every audience to relate to as everyone has experienced “falling in and out of love”. A team of 80 young people, including dancers, choreographers, musicians as well as production, technical and management teams will execute “the love” show at Kamani Auditorium in New Delhi on July 27.

Manch Art Group organised Shashi Bhushan Pawas Natya Mahostav 2010 from July 7 to July 14 at Kalidas Rangalay in Patna. The festival was a tribute to Shashi Bhushan Pawas, the NSD student who died due to medical negligence and “debatable policy” of the drama school. Hirawal, the song and drama unit of Patna-based theatre group Jan Sanskriti Manch, opened the festival with Salute to Shashi on July 7. Sambhav Art Group’s Ayodhya Babu Sanak Gaye Hain, directed by Umashanker Choudhary, was staged on day two. On July 9, Himachal Cultural Research Forum and Theatre Repertory, Mandi, showcased Vijay Tendulkar’s Sakharam Binder. Director Randhir Kumar’s Raaga, based on Tendulkar’s A Girl Called Bay, brought the curtains down on Thursday.

Pandies’ Theatre showcased Nithari’s Children at the American Centre in New Delhi on Thursday. The interactive play, directed by Sanjay Kumar, is the story of survivors, young children aged between 7-15, who lost their siblings and friends in the Nithari case. The children’s pieces were interspersed with brief soliloquies and performed by Pandies’ volunteers. The group started in 1993 with a simple agenda of staging plays has evolved as an activist group.

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